Thanks to Moncler Rouge, You Can Do Color and Printblocking in a Downpour

Never let it be said that fashion can’t answer the more basic needs of life—like staying dry in inclement weather. The spring collections, despite being wonderful, weren’t exactly awash with clothes designed with that consideration in mind. So it is to Giambattista Valli’s hallucinogenic/psychedelic Moncler Gamme Rouge presentation (interpretative dance routines and a huge parachute blown by a wind machine that models had to basically crawl under to get on the runway; need I say more?) that we have to turn to for dealing with the rain. Valli showed a series of lightweight zipper fastening jackets and anoraks that touched on two of the themes of spring—fluorescent color and graphic prints, in this case Andean-inspired and folksy florals—patched and pieced in athletic, geometric formations. It’s a one piece stop to the season’s blocking trend. And the Moncler Gamme Rouge coats, just like the company’s ever so slightly insane presentation, will be guaranteed to give a little sunniness on even the gloomiest of early spring days.